Here's the thing about brothers and "Hardcore Pawn: Chicago" co-stars Randy and Wayne Cohen: They fight a lot — and even came to blows this year — but they always make up.

And once they're done patching things up, they tend to go right back to fighting again.

"Him and I go at it," said Randy, 55, who, along with Wayne, 56, co-owns the Royal Pawn Shop in the South Loop across from the Metropolitan Correctional Center. "He sees things one way, I see them another. … We got into a fist fight for a minute and a half, but they didn't get it on camera. (The cameras) were in the front filming. I think (Wayne) gave someone too much money. If a cute girl comes in, he'll give the store away. That's my brother."

"Hardcore Pawn: Chicago" — which premieres Tuesday on TruTV and is a spinoff of the Detroit-based "Hardcore Pawn" — is executive produced by former "The Wonder Years" actor Jason Hervey and former World Championship Wrestling president Eric Bischoff. The show joins a growing genre that has included TLC's short-lived "Pawn Queens," set in Naperville Jewelry and Loan, and History's Las Vegas-based "Pawn Stars," the most popular series about pawning.

"The one in Vegas — we've never see the type of (items) they get, and we're the biggest pawn shop in Chicago," said Randy, who counts himself as a fan of "Pawn Stars" but, not surprisingly, claimed he likes the original "Hardcore Pawn" more because he feels it's more real. "I don't believe they actually get that stuff."

Royal Pawn Shop gets the occasional odd item, including a fake leg and dentures, but it's the people who walk into the store that make the environment unpredictable. Wayne said the customers vary from crack addicts, gang members and mobsters to athletes (the Bulls' Jimmy Butler visited in September), doctors and a priest who wanted to pawn a cross.

"Hardcore Pawn: Chicago" features Randy's daughter, Elyse, and Wayne's son, Nate, both of whom work at the store. Randy and Wayne also worked for their father, a watchmaker-turned-pawn shop owner, when they were younger. (Randy fondly remembers walking around Maxwell Street selling watches on his arms at 8 years old.) "Dad gave us an education no one else could have," Randy said.

The show filmed at Royal Pawn Shop beginning in July and wrapped in September. "Sometimes the cameras got in the way," Randy said. "We were just so busy, sometimes we had to say 'You guys have to stop — there are too many people here.' And some people don't want be on TV. Others don't care." The store was chosen, Randy said he was told by producers, because it's family-owned and has been around a while.

Congratulations: "Friday Night Lights" actor and Evanston Township High School alum Zach Gilford married "The Glades" actress and Glenbard North alum Kiele Sanchez Saturday (Gilford's publicist confirmed the news). Gilford told me in September that he proposed to Sanchez (in November 2011) in front of the same Chicago City Hall elevators where they first met while filming a TV pilot called "The Matadors." Gilford and Sanchez live in the Los Angeles area, but the self-proclaimed foodies spent much of the past year frequenting Chicago restaurants while Gilford filmed Fox's "The Mob Doctor" here.

Help wanted: "America's Got Talent" will hold an open casting call Jan. 26 and 27 at McCormick Place. The winner of the NBC reality competition — which is open to people of all talents and ages — receives $1 million dollars. For more information, go to agtauditions.com.

About this week: The "NYE 2013" party Monday at Hilton Chicago will feature a performance by "Cooler Than Me" singer Mike Posner and appearances by Playboy Playmates. … "Malcolm in the Middle" actor Chris Masterson will DJ the "Esquire Eve" party Monday at Chuck's Manufacturing in the Hard Rock Hotel.